RULE id: mahābhūta (1761)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p038)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: mahābhūta
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [relation] Ākāśa (space) is identified as the fifth mahābhūta (great element), which relates etymologically to the pentatonic (auḍava) framework
    -- p.vol_I_p038 "(Āk āśa) is the fifth mahābhūta; auduvita is that in which the number (five) of that (ākāśa) exists."

CITED_RULES:
  - audava  (relation)
  - auduvita  (relation)
  - pentatonic  (relation)
  - ākāśa  (relation)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false